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Article #1392Re: Packies, was Re: flavors of MA cops: what the hell is the registry police?
From: Ron Newman
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 17:52
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 17:52
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In article <C0IqH5.1qI@world.std.com>, aml@world.std.com (Andrew M Langmead) writes: |> I was suprised to find out a few years ago that there still are "dry" |> towns. A friend lived in Sharon, MA used to complain about having |> to drive all the way to Canton, or Walpole to go to a liquor store. |> Of course the liquor store owners helped the best that they could |> by putting the liquor stores as close to the town border as they |> could. (You can see the "Entering Sharon" from the parking lot |> of either liquor store. Another dry town is Arlington. You can tell immediately when you are leaving it; large liquor stores stand right beyond the town lines in neighboring Lexington, Somerville, and Cambridge. -- Ron Newman rnewman@bbn.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!noc.near.net!news.bbn.com!bbn.com!rnewman From: rnewman@bbn.com (Ron Newman) Newsgroups: ne.general Subject: Re: Packies, was Re: flavors of MA cops: what the hell is the registry police? Date: 8 Jan 1993 17:52:38 GMT Organization: Bolt, Beranek & Newman, Inc. Lines: 17 Distribution: ne Message-ID: <lkrfr6INNil8@news.bbn.com> References: <106136@bu.edu> <zippy.726209756@berry.cs.brandeis.edu> <C0DtCy.F90@world.std.com> <106308@bu.edu> <C0IqH5.1qI@world.std.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: spcsun25.bbn.com